U.S. patent number 9,653,901 [Application Number 14/885,095] was granted by the patent office on 2017-05-16 for holding component for vehicle.
This patent grant is currently assigned to DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA. The grantee listed for this patent is DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO.,LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA. Invention is credited to Yusuke Akie, Osamu Asai, Katsuya Hirakawa, Ryuji Miyamoto.
United States Patent |
9,653,901 |
Miyamoto , et al. |
May 16, 2017 |
Holding component for vehicle
Abstract
In a holding component 1, for a vehicle, having: a fixing
portion 10 which houses and fixedly engages with a mounting tool
101 having been moved upward through a lower opening 11H; and a
holding portion 20 for holding a predetermined member 5 by an upper
holding portion 21 and a lower holding portion 22 being engaged
with each other, in a state where an engagement portion 23 provided
in the upper holding portion 21 is housed in and engaged with an
engagement housing portion 24 provided in the lower holding portion
22, a pressing portion 200 provided in the engagement portion 23
presses downward the mounting tool 101 which is engaged with and
fixed to the fixing portion 10.
Inventors: |
Miyamoto; Ryuji (Aichi,
JP), Hirakawa; Katsuya (Aichi, JP), Asai;
Osamu (Aichi, JP), Akie; Yusuke (Aichi-ken,
JP) |
Applicant: |
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State |
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DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
Aichi
Aichi-ken |
N/A
N/A |
JP
JP |
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Assignee: |
DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
(Aichi, JP)
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken,
JP)
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Family
ID: |
55791341 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/885,095 |
Filed: |
October 16, 2015 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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Publication Date |
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US 20160114743 A1 |
Apr 28, 2016 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Oct 22, 2014 [JP] |
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2014-215137 |
Aug 4, 2015 [JP] |
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2015-153906 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F16L
3/1025 (20130101); F16L 3/1075 (20130101); B60R
16/0215 (20130101); H02G 3/32 (20130101); F16B
21/16 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
H02G
3/32 (20060101); F16L 3/10 (20060101); F16B
21/16 (20060101); B60R 16/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;248/74.1,74.2,74.4,67.5,73,65 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
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Foreign Patent Documents
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09178049 |
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2007-143309 |
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2007159259 |
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2011-196397 |
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Primary Examiner: McNichols; Eret
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McClure, Qualey & Rodack,
LLP
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A holding component for a vehicle, the holding component
comprising: a fixing portion to which a mounting tool to be mounted
to a vehicle body is fixed; and a holding portion for detachably
holding a predetermined member, wherein the fixing portion includes
a mounting tool housing portion configured to house the mounting
tool that has been moved upward through a lower opening, and an
elastic portion configured: to have, on an upper-side portion, an
engaging claw portion that projects inward in the mounting tool
housing portion such that the engaging claw portion is pressed from
thereunder by the mounting tool entering so as to be moved upward
through the lower opening; to allow the mounting tool to be moved
further upward by the elastic portion being elastically deformed by
a lower-side portion serving as an originating point due to the
engaging claw portion being pressed; and to allow the engaging claw
portion to enter an engagement hole portion of the mounting tool by
the elastic portion being elastically restored when the mounting
tool is moved further upward and the engagement hole portion of the
mounting tool reaches a position of the engaging claw portion, to
provide a first engaging state in which the engaging claw portion
having entered contacts with an inner peripheral upper surface of
the engagement hole portion to prevent the mounting tool from being
removed downward, and the holding portion includes: an upper
holding portion disposed above the predetermined member; a lower
holding portion disposed below the predetermined member; an
engagement portion provided in the upper holding portion; an
engagement receiving portion, provided in the lower holding
portion, configured to provide a second engaging state in which the
engagement receiving portion engages with the engagement portion to
combine the upper holding portion and the lower holding portion
with each other; and a pressing portion configured to press the
mounting tool in the first engaging state downward under the second
engaging state, and hold the engaging claw portion in such a state
that the engaging claw portion contacts with the inner peripheral
upper surface of the engagement hole portion.
2. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 1,
wherein the engagement receiving portion is provided in an
engagement housing portion, of the lower holding portion, adjacent
to the mounting tool housing portion, and the engagement receiving
portion engages with the engagement portion that is moved downward
through an upper opening of the engagement housing portion, and
housed, to provide the second engaging state, and the pressing
portion is provided in the engagement portion, and presses downward
the mounting tool in the first engaging state according to the
second engaging state being obtained.
3. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 2,
wherein an internal space of the mounting tool housing portion and
an internal space of the engagement housing portion communicate
with each other, and the elastic portion forming a wall portion of
the mounting tool housing portion is positioned on a first side in
a direction orthogonal to an entering direction in which the
mounting tool enters, and a wall portion of the engagement housing
portion that engages with the engagement portion is positioned on a
second side.
4. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 3,
wherein the pressing portion is an elastic piece that extends
diagonally upward from a lower end of the engagement portion in a
direction opposite to a direction in which the engaging claw
portion of the elastic portion projects, and when the pressing
portion presses the mounting tool in the first engaging state
downward under the second engaging state, the pressing portion is
elastically deformed such that an end side portion thereof is
pressed in the direction in which the engaging claw portion
projects.
5. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 2,
wherein an internal space of the mounting tool housing portion and
an internal space of the engagement housing portion communicate
with each other, the elastic portion forming a wall portion of the
mounting tool housing portion is positioned on a first side in a
direction orthogonal to an entering direction in which the mounting
tool enters, and a wall portion of the engagement housing portion
in which the engagement receiving portion is formed is positioned
on a second side so as to oppose the elastic portion, and the
pressing portion is formed so as to project from the engagement
portion such that the pressing portion extends toward the mounting
tool housing portion from the engagement portion that has entered
the engagement housing portion.
6. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 5,
wherein the pressing portion is an elastic piece that extends
diagonally upward from a lower end of the engagement portion in a
direction opposite to a direction in which the engaging claw
portion of the elastic portion projects, and when the pressing
portion presses the mounting tool in the first engaging state
downward under the second engaging state, the pressing portion is
elastically deformed such that an end side portion thereof is
pressed in the direction in which the engaging claw portion
projects.
7. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 1,
wherein the pressing portion is provided in the upper holding
portion at a position other than positions in the engagement
portion, and the pressing portion is moved downward through an
upper opening of the mounting tool housing portion to enter the
mounting tool housing portion when the second engaging state is to
be obtained, and the pressing portion presses the mounting tool in
the first engaging state downward when the second engaging state is
obtained.
8. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 7,
wherein the pressing portion includes a projection base end portion
and a projection end portion, the projection base end portion
projects, from an upper surface portion forming an upper surface of
the upper holding portion, in one extending direction in which the
upper surface extends, and the projection base end portion has cut
portions obtained by the upper surface portion being cut in the
upper surface in a direction opposite to a projecting direction in
which the projection base end portion projects, on both end sides
in a width direction orthogonal to the projecting direction, the
projection end portion extends downward from an end of the
projection base end portion, and the pressing portion presses
downward the mounting tool in the first engaging state with the
projection end portion when the second engaging state is
obtained.
9. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 8,
wherein the number of the engagement portions formed is at least
two, and the pressing portion is formed between two adjacent
engagement portions among the at least two engagement portions.
10. The holding component for a vehicle according to claim 7,
wherein the number of the engagement portions formed is at least
two, and the pressing portion is formed between two adjacent
engagement portions among the at least two engagement portions.
11. The holding component for a vehicle according to any one of
claims 1, wherein the upper holding portion and the lower holding
portion are coupled to each other via a hinge portion.
12. The holding component for a vehicle according to any one of
claims 1, wherein the upper holding portion and the lower holding
portion are formed separately from each other.
Description
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the priorities of Japanese Patent
Application No. 2014-215137 filed on Oct. 22, 2014 and 2015-153906
filed on Aug. 4, 2015. The disclosures of the prior applications
are hereby incorporated herein in the entirety by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a holding component, for a vehicle, which
includes: a fixing portion to which a bracket for attachment to a
vehicle body is fixed; and a holding portion for holding a
predetermined member such that the fixing portion and the holding
portion are integrated with each other.
Description of Related Art
A plurality of wiring members such as wiring harnesses to be
mounted to a vehicle, are mounted to a vehicle body so as to be
held by, for example, a holding component for a vehicle, such as a
clamp (for example, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No.
2007-143309).
Among the components for vehicles as described above, there is a
component that includes: a holding portion for holding, between
surface portions or the like thereof, a corrugated tube having a
plurality of wiring members accommodated therein; and a fixing
portion to which a bracket for attachment to a vehicle body is
fixed, such that the holding portion and the fixing portion are
integrated with each other. The fixing portion is formed so as to
have: a housing portion for housing the bracket that has been moved
upward through a lower opening; and an elastic piece having an
engaging claw portion that projects inward in the housing portion.
The elastic piece is formed so as to be elastically deformed such
that, due to the engaging claw portion being pressed from the lower
side thereof by the bracket that is moved upward in the housing
portion, an upper-side portion of the elastic piece is deformed, in
a direction orthogonal to the entering direction, by a lower-side
portion serving as an originating point. This elastic deformation
allows the bracket to be moved further upward. When the bracket has
been moved further upward and an engagement hole portion of the
bracket reaches a position of the engaging claw portion, the
elastic piece is elastically restored by the engaging claw portion
entering the engagement hole portion of the bracket. At this time,
the bracket is in a removal preventing state in which the engaging
claw portion having entered the engagement hole portion prevents
the bracket from being removed downward, whereby the bracket is
engaged with and fixed to the fixing portion.
In this structure, in the housing portion for housing the bracket
having entered from the lower side, by the elastic piece being
elastically deformed, the bracket needs to be moved over the
engaging claw portion. Therefore, above the engaging claw portion,
a space that is wider in the up-down direction than the upper end
portion (a portion above the engagement hole portion) of the
bracket needs to be provided. As a result, the bracket that has
been engaged with and fixed to the fixing portion is movable
upward/downward in the wider space, whereby instability in the
bracket may occur.
An object of this invention is to reduce, in a holding member which
includes: a housing portion to which a bracket is fixed; and a
holding portion for detachably holding a predetermined member such
that the housing portion and the holding portion are integrated
with each other, instability in the bracket having been fixed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to solve the aforementioned problem, a holding component
for a vehicle according to this invention is a holding component,
for a vehicle, including: a fixing portion to which a mounting tool
to be mounted to a vehicle body is fixed; and a holding portion for
detachably holding a predetermined member, in which
the fixing portion includes
a mounting tool housing portion configured to house the mounting
tool that has been moved upward through a lower opening, and
an elastic portion configured: to have, on an upper-side portion,
an engaging claw portion that projects inward in the mounting tool
housing portion such that the engaging claw portion is pressed from
thereunder by the mounting tool entering so as to be moved upward
through the lower opening; to allow the mounting tool to be moved
further upward by the elastic portion being elastically deformed by
a lower-side portion serving as an originating point due to the
engaging claw portion being pressed; and to allow the engaging claw
portion to enter an engagement hole portion of the mounting tool by
the elastic portion being elastically restored when the mounting
tool is moved further upward and the engagement hole portion of the
mounting tool reaches a position of the engaging claw portion, to
provide a first engaging state in which the engaging claw portion
having entered contacts with an inner peripheral upper surface of
the engagement hole portion to prevent the mounting tool from being
removed downward, and
the holding portion includes: an upper holding portion disposed
above the predetermined member; a lower holding portion disposed
below the predetermined member; an engagement portion provided in
the upper holding portion; an engagement receiving portion,
provided in the lower holding portion, configured to provide a
second engaging state in which the engagement receiving portion
engages with the engagement portion to combine the upper holding
portion and the lower holding portion with each other; and a
pressing portion configured to press the mounting tool in the first
engaging state downward under the second engaging state, and hold
the engaging claw portion in such a state that the engaging claw
portion contacts with the inner peripheral upper surface of the
engagement hole portion.
In a configuration of the holding component for a vehicle according
to this invention, the mounting tool (bracket) that is moved upward
from the lower side to enter the mounting tool housing portion, and
that is prevented from being removed downward, in the fixing
portion, can be held so as to be pressed downward by the pressing
portion that enters the engagement receiving portion in the holding
portion from the upper side. Thus, instability in the mounting tool
can be reduced.
In the configuration of this invention, the engagement receiving
portion may be provided in an engagement housing portion, of the
lower holding portion, adjacent to the mounting tool housing
portion, and the engagement receiving portion may be configured to
engage with the engagement portion that is moved downward through
an upper opening of the engagement housing portion, and housed, to
provide the second engaging state, and the pressing portion may be
provided in the engagement portion, and may be configured to press
downward the mounting tool in the first engaging state according to
the second engaging state being obtained. In this configuration,
since the pressing portion is provided in the engagement portion,
simultaneously when the engaging and combining operation for
obtaining the second engaging state by the engagement portion being
moved downward is completed, the operation for pressing the
mounting tool downward by the pressing portion can be completed.
That is, the engaging and combining operation for obtaining the
second engaging state, and the operation for pressing the mounting
tool downward are completed by one operation for pressing the
engagement portion downward, whereby the operation can be
efficiently performed. Further, an internal space of the mounting
tool housing portion and an internal space of the engagement
housing portion may be configured to communicate with each other,
and the elastic portion forming a wall portion of the mounting tool
housing portion may be positioned on a first side in a direction
orthogonal to an entering direction, and a wall portion of the
engagement housing portion in which the engagement receiving
portion is formed may be positioned on a second side so as to
oppose the elastic portion. In this configuration, the mounting
tool housing portion and the engagement housing portion are not
separated from each other by, for example, a wall portion.
Therefore, the pressing portion of the engagement portion which has
entered the engagement housing portion can enter the mounting tool
housing portion in a simplified manner. No wall portion or the like
that divides a space is provided. Therefore, the holding component
for a vehicle according to this invention can be also effectively
reduced in size. Further, the pressing portion may be configured as
an elastic piece that extends diagonally upward from a lower end of
the engagement portion in a direction opposite to a direction in
which the engaging claw portion of the elastic portion projects,
and, when the pressing portion presses the mounting tool in the
first engaging state downward under the second engaging state, the
pressing portion may be configured to be elastically deformed such
that an end side portion thereof is pressed in the direction in
which the engaging claw portion projects. In this configuration,
since the shape of the pressing portion can be simplified,
reduction of instability which is an object of this invention can
be attained by minor change being made on conventional products
having no pressing portions.
Further, in the configuration of this invention, the pressing
portion may be provided in the upper holding portion at a position
other than positions in the engagement portion, and the pressing
portion may be moved downward through an upper opening of the
mounting tool housing portion to enter the mounting tool housing
portion when the second engaging state is to be obtained, and the
pressing portion may press the mounting tool in the first engaging
state downward when the second engaging state is obtained. Also in
this configuration, simultaneously when the engaging and combining
operation for obtaining the second engaging state by the engagement
portion being moved downward is completed, the operation for
pressing the mounting tool downward by the pressing portion can be
completed. Therefore, the operation can be efficiently
performed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a state where a
predetermined member is held by a holding component for a vehicle
according to a first embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating the state shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating a state where the holding
component, shown in FIG. 1, for a vehicle is mounted to a vehicle
body;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state where a holding
portion in the holding component, shown in FIG. 1, for a vehicle
does not hold the predetermined member;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a mounting tool shown in FIG.
1;
FIG. 6 illustrates, in a cross-section taken along a line VI-VI in
FIG. 2, a state where the mounting tool shown in FIG. 1 is not
fixed;
FIG. 7 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line VI-VI
in FIG. 2, a first step of a process in which the mounting tool
shown in FIG. 1 is housed so as to be fixed;
FIG. 8 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line VI-VI
in FIG. 2, a second step of the process in which the mounting tool
shown in FIG. 1 is housed so as to be fixed;
FIG. 9 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line VI-VI
in FIG. 2, a first engaging state in which the mounting tool shown
in FIG. 1 is fixed;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an engagement portion of the
holding portion shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
VI-VI in FIG. 2, a first step of a process in which the engagement
portion is housed so as to be fixed at the holding portion in the
first engaging state shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 12 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
VI-VI in FIG. 2, a second step of the process in which the
engagement portion is housed so as to be fixed at the holding
portion in the first engaging state shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 13 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
VI-VI in FIG. 2, a second engaging state in which the engagement
portion is fixed at the holding portion in the first engaging state
shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line XIV-XIV in
FIG. 2;
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line XV-XV in FIG.
3;
FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line XVI-XVI in
FIG. 3;
FIG. 17 illustrates, in the same cross-section as shown in FIG. 13,
a modification of the holding component for a vehicle according to
the first embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 18 is a perspective view of an engagement portion of a holding
component for a vehicle according to a second embodiment of this
invention;
FIG. 19 illustrates, in the same cross-section as shown in FIG. 13,
a second engaging state of the holding component for a vehicle
according to the second embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 20 is a perspective view of an engagement portion of a holding
component for a vehicle according to a third embodiment of this
invention;
FIG. 21 illustrates, in the same cross-section as shown in FIG. 13,
a second engaging state of the holding component for a vehicle
according to the third embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 22 is a perspective view of an engagement portion of a holding
component for a vehicle according to a fourth embodiment of this
invention;
FIG. 23 illustrates, in the same cross-section as shown in FIG. 13,
a second engaging state of the holding component for a vehicle
according to the fourth embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 24 is a perspective view of an engagement portion of a holding
component for a vehicle according to a fifth embodiment of this
invention;
FIG. 25 illustrates, in the same cross-section as shown in FIG. 13,
a second engaging state of the holding component for a vehicle
according to the fifth embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 26 is a perspective view illustrating a state where a
predetermined member is held by a holding component for a vehicle
according to a sixth embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 27 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the state
shown in FIG. 26;
FIG. 28 is a bottom view illustrating the state shown in FIG.
26;
FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line XXIX-XXIX in
FIG. 28, illustrating a second engaging state of the holding
component for a vehicle according to the sixth embodiment of this
invention;
FIG. 30 illustrates, in a cross-section taken along the line
XXIX-XXIX in FIG. 28, a first step of a process in which a mounting
tool shown in FIG. 26 is housed so as to be fixed;
FIG. 31 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
XXIX-XXIX in FIG. 28, a second step of the process in which the
mounting tool shown in FIG. 26 is housed so as to be fixed;
FIG. 32 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
XXIX-XXIX in FIG. 28, a third step of the process in which the
mounting tool shown in FIG. 26 is housed so as to be fixed;
FIG. 33 illustrates, in a cross-section taken along a line XXX-XXX
in FIG. 28, a first step of a process in which an engagement
portion of a holding portion is engaged in a first engaging state
shown in FIG. 32;
FIG. 34 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
XXX-XXX in FIG. 28, a second step of the process in which the
engagement portion of the holding portion is engaged in the first
engaging state shown in FIG. 32; and
FIG. 35 illustrates, in the cross-section taken along the line
XXX-XXX in FIG. 28, a third step of the process in which the
engagement portion of the holding portion is engaged in the first
engaging state shown in FIG. 32.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Embodiments of this invention will be described below with
reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, a holding component 1 for a vehicle
according to this embodiment includes: a fixing portion 10 to which
amounting tool (bracket) 101 to be mounted to a vehicle body 100
(see FIG. 3) is fixed; and a holding portion 20 for detachably
holding a predetermined member 5 such that the fixing portion 10
and the holding portion 20 are integrated with each other. The
predetermined member 5 of this embodiment is a corrugated tube, and
one or more wiring harnesses (not shown) are accommodated
therein.
The predetermined member 5 of this invention may be another member.
For example, the predetermined member 5 may be another wiring
member such as a wiring harness bundle including a plurality of
wiring harnesses.
The mounting tool 101 of this embodiment is a plate-like member
that is bent so as to be L-shaped, as shown in FIG. 5. A first side
extending portion 101A extends toward a first side from a bent
portion 101C, and has a through hole portion 101N into which
fastening members 102B, 102N (see FIG. 3) are inserted so as to
fasten and fix the mounting tool 101 to the vehicle body 100. A
second side extending portion 101B extends from the bent portion
101C toward a second side different from the first side, and has an
engagement hole portion 101H with which an engaging claw portion 13
described below engages.
The fastening members 102B, 102N of this embodiment are implemented
as a bolt 102B and a nut 102N. As shown in FIG. 3, the bolt 102B is
disposed so as to pass, from the mounting tool 101 side, through
the through hole portion 101N of the mounting tool 101 and a
through hole portion 105N of a panel 105 of the vehicle body 100,
and the bolt 102B is screwed and fastened into the nut 102N at the
panel 105 of the vehicle body 100. However, this is merely an
exemplary manner, and the mounting tool 101 may be fixed to the
vehicle body 100 in another manner. A shape of the mounting tool
101 to be fixed to the vehicle body 100 may be another shape.
Further, the engagement hole portion 101H of this embodiment is a
through hole that penetrates through the mounting tool 101 in its
plate thickness direction. However, the engagement hole portion
101H may have any shape that allows engagement with the engaging
claw portion 13 described below, and the engagement hole portion
101H may be implemented as, for example, a recess that is recessed
in the plate thickness direction.
The fixing portion 10 is formed as a first engagement housing
portion 10 that provides a first engaging state in which the
mounting tool 101 having been moved upward through a lower opening
11H is housed therein, and the mounting tool 101 housed therein is
prevented from being removed downward, as shown in FIG. 6 to FIG.
9.
The first engagement housing portion 10 has: a housing portion
(mounting tool housing portion) 11 for housing the mounting tool
101 that has been moved upward through the lower opening 11H; and
an elastic portion 12 having the engaging claw portion 13 that
projects inward in the housing portion 11, as shown in FIG. 6. The
elastic portion 12 of this embodiment is a plate-like wall portion
that is formed as a part of a wall portion 11D forming the housing
portion 11 and that extends in the up-down direction. The elastic
portion 12 is connected to a connection portion 12D of the housing
portion 11, and is elastically deformable such that an upper side
portion thereof swings by the connection portion 12D serving as an
originating point (see FIG. 8). The first engagement housing
portion 10 of this embodiment has the wall portion 11D forming the
elastic portion 12, and guiding wall portions 11E, 11E (see FIG. 4)
that form the housing portion 11 and have guiding grooves 11e. The
guiding grooves 11e are fitted to both end portions, respectively,
in the width direction, of the mounting tool 101, and allow the
mounting tool 101 to slide in an entering direction 101X, thereby
guiding entering of the mounting tool 101 when the mounting tool
101 is housed. The wall portion 11D and the guiding wall portions
11E, 11E are configured to form the lower opening 11H.
The elastic portion 12 has, on its upper side, the engaging claw
portion 13 that is pressed upward from the lower side by the
mounting tool 101 which is moved in the upward direction (the
entering direction 101X) in the housing portion 11 as shown in FIG.
7. That is, the engaging claw portion 13 is disposed so as to
contact with the mounting tool 101 that enters from the lower side,
and prevents the mounting tool 101 having entered through the lower
opening 11H from being moved upward.
However, when the pressing force is increased, the elastic portion
12 is elastically deformed, in a direction orthogonal to the
entering direction 101X of the mounting tool 101 having entered, by
the lower-side portion thereof (the connection portion 12D) serving
as the originating point, as shown in FIG. 8. Specifically, a lower
surface 13b of the engaging claw portion 13 is formed as a tilted
surface in which a projecting base end side is the lower side, and
a projecting end side is the upper side. The lower surface 13b is
pressed upward by an upper end portion 101T of the mounting tool
101 having entered, whereby an upper side portion (an upper end
portion 12T), of the elastic portion 12, having the engaging claw
portion 13, is urged so as to be elastically deformed in a
direction opposite to the projecting direction of the engaging claw
portion 13 by the lower-side portion serving as the originating
point.
The mounting tool 101 that has thus entered so as to elastically
deform the elastic portion 12 can be moved further upward. Then,
the elastic portion 12 is elastically restored, whereby the
mounting tool 101 that has been moved further upward is brought
into the first engaging state in which the mounting tool 101 is
prevented from being removed downward, as shown in FIG. 9. That is,
in a state where the mounting tool 101 has entered the housing
portion 11, the mounting tool 101 has the engagement hole portion
101H formed so as to penetrate in a direction 101Y orthogonal to
the entering direction 101X, as shown in FIG. 5, and when the
engagement hole portion 101H of the mounting tool 101 has reached a
position of the engaging claw portion 13, the engaging claw portion
13 enters the engagement hole portion 101H, whereby the elastic
portion 12 is elastically restored, as shown in FIG. 9. The
engaging claw portion 13 that has entered the engagement hole
portion 101H opposes an inner peripheral upper surface 101Ha of the
engagement hole portion 101H in the entering direction 101X of the
mounting tool 101. When the mounting tool 101 is moved in a
direction opposite to the entering direction 101X, the engaging
claw portion 13 contacts with (stops in an engaging manner on) the
inner peripheral upper surface (engaging surface) 101Ha to prevent
the movement of the mounting tool 101. This state is the first
engaging state in which the mounting tool 101 is prevented from
being removed downward.
Meanwhile, the holding portion 20 includes an upper holding portion
21, a lower holding portion 22, an engagement portion 23, and a
second engagement housing portion 24, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
4. The upper holding portion 21 is disposed above the corrugated
tube 5 to be held. The lower holding portion 22 is disposed below
the corrugated tube 5. The engagement portion 23 is provided on the
fixing portion 10 side of the upper holding portion 21. The second
engagement housing portion 24 is provided on the fixing portion 10
side of the lower holding portion 22 so as to be adjacent to the
housing portion 11 of the fixing portion 10. The second engagement
housing portion 24 provides a second engaging state in which the
engagement portion 23 having been moved downward through an upper
opening 24H (see FIG. 11) is housed, and the engagement portion 23
having been housed is prevented from being removed upward.
In this embodiment, the upper holding portion 21 and the lower
holding portion 22 are coupled to each other via a hinge portion
25. Further, on the side opposite to the hinge portion 25 side, the
engagement portion 23 of the upper holding portion 21 and the
second engagement housing portion 24 of the lower holding portion
22 are detachably engaged with each other. The upper holding
portion 21 and the lower holding portion 22 in the engaging state
(the second engaging state), are disposed so as to annularly
surround an outer circumference of the corrugated tube 5, to hold
therebetween the corrugated tube 5 having been disposed, in the
up-down direction, as shown in FIG. 3.
The upper holding portion 21 and the lower holding portion 22 may
be separated from each other. For example, when the upper holding
portion 21 is implemented as an upper casing portion, and the lower
holding portion 22 is implemented as a lower casing portion, the
upper casing portion 21 and the lower casing portion 22 may be
engaged with and fixed to each other in the up-down direction to
form a casing body, and the predetermined member 5 may be held so
as to be housed in the casing body. In this case, an engagement
portion that allows the upper casing portion 21 and the lower
casing portion 22 to engage with each other may be provided, as
appropriate, on, for example, a side opposite to the engagement
portion 23 side, in addition to the engagement portion 23.
The second engagement housing portion 24 includes a housing portion
27 and an elastic portion 26, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 11. The
housing portion 27 is configured to house the engagement portion 23
that has been moved downward through the upper opening 24H. The
elastic portion 26 has an engaging claw portion (engagement
receiving portion) 29 that projects inward in the housing portion
27. The elastic portion 26 of this embodiment is a plate-like wall
portion that is formed as a part of a wall portion 27D forming the
housing portion 27, and that extends in the up-down direction. The
elastic portion 26 is connected to a connection portion 26D
corresponding to a lower-side end portion of the housing portion
27, and is elastically deformable such that an upper side portion
thereof swings by the connection portion 26D serving as an
originating point (see FIG. 12). The second engagement housing
portion 24 of this embodiment includes: the wall portion 27D
forming the elastic portion 26; and side wall portions 27E, 27E, on
both ends in the width direction of the engagement portion 23,
forming the housing portion 27, such that the wall portion 27D and
the side wall portions 27E, 27E form the upper opening 24H (see
FIG. 4).
In this embodiment, the housing portion 27 is also connected to the
lower holding portion 22 at the connection portion 26D.
The elastic portion 26 has, on its upper side, the engaging claw
portion 29 that is pressed downward from the upper side by the
engagement portion 23 which is moved in the lower direction (an
entering direction 102X) in the housing portion 27, as shown in
FIG. 11. That is, the engaging claw portion 29 is disposed so as to
contact with the engagement portion 23 that enters from the upper
side, and prevents the engagement portion 23 having entered through
the upper opening 24H from being moved downward.
Meanwhile, the engagement portion 23 has, on its lower side (in
this embodiment, lower end portion 23T: see FIG. 10), an engaging
claw portion 23A that projects toward the elastic portion 26 so as
to press downward the engaging claw portion 29 of the elastic
portion 26 when the engagement portion 23 enters through the upper
opening 24H. When the engagement portion 23 is moved in the lower
direction (the entering direction 102X) in the housing portion 27,
the engaging claw portion 23A presses the engaging claw portion 29
of the elastic portion 26 downward from the upper side.
Entering of the engagement portion 23 into the housing portion 27
is a movement through the upper opening 24H in the entering
direction 102X. To be accurate, this movement is a movement through
the upper opening 24H in the entering direction 102X in such a
manner as to form an arc-shaped trajectory in which the hinge
portion 25 is the center thereof.
As shown in FIG. 12, when a pressing force by the engagement
portion 23 shown in FIG. 11 is increased, the elastic portion 26 is
elastically deformed in a direction orthogonal to the entering
direction 102X of the engagement portion 23 having entered, by its
lower-side portion (the connection portion 26D) servicing as the
originating point. Specifically, an upper surface 29a of the
engaging claw portion 29 is formed as a titled surface in which a
projecting base end side is the upper side, and a projecting end
side is the lower side. The upper surface 29a is pressed downward
by the lower end portion 23T (engaging claw portion 23A) of the
engagement portion 23 having entered, whereby the upper-side
portion, of the elastic portion 26, having the engaging claw
portion 29 is urged so as to be elastically deformed in a direction
opposite to the projecting direction of the engaging claw portion
29 by its lower-side portion serving as an originating point.
Further, the engaging claw portion 23A also has a lower surface 23b
formed as a tilted surface in which a projecting base end side is
the lower side, and a projecting end side is the upper side. The
engaging claw portion 29 of the elastic portion 26 is pressed
downward by the lower surface 23b when the engagement portion 23
enters the housing portion 27 through the upper opening 24H,
whereby the upper-side portion, of the elastic portion 26, having
the engaging claw portion 29 is urged so as to be elastically
deformed in a direction opposite to the projecting direction of the
engaging claw portion 29 by the lower-side portion serving as an
originating point.
The engagement portion 23 that has thus entered so as to
elastically deform the elastic portion 26 can be moved further
downward. The engagement portion 23 that has been moved further
downward is brought into the second engaging state in which the
engagement portion 23 is prevented from being removed upward, by
the elastic portion 26 being elastically restored as shown in FIG.
13. That is, while the engagement portion 23 is positioned so as to
oppose the elastic portion 26 in the direction orthogonal to the
entering direction 102X in a state where the engagement portion 23
has entered the housing portion 27 shown in FIG. 13, since the
engaging claw portion 23A of the engagement portion 23 and the
engaging claw portion 29 of the elastic portion 26 project so as to
be close to each other, the engaging claw portions 29 and 23A
contact with each other to prevent the engagement portion 23 from
entering when the engagement portion 23 enters the housing portion
27 as shown in FIG. 11. After the engaging claw portion 23A of the
engagement portion 23 has been elastically moved over the engaging
claw portion 29 of the elastic portion 26, the engaging claw
portion 23A of the engagement portion 23 is moved to under the
engaging claw portion 29 of the elastic portion 26, as shown in
FIG. 13, whereby the elastic portion 26 is elastically restored.
The engaging claw portion 23A (an upper surface 23a) of the
engagement portion 23 which has been moved to under the engaging
claw portion 29 of the elastic portion 26, opposes the engaging
claw portion 29 (a lower surface 29b) of the elastic portion 26 in
the up-down direction (the entering direction 102X). When the
engagement portion 23 is moved in a direction opposite to the
entering direction 102X, the engaging claw portion 23A contacts
with (stops in an engaging manner on) the lower surface (engaging
surface) 29b of the engaging claw portion 29, to prevent movement
of the engagement portion 23. This state is the second engaging
state in which the engagement portion 23 is prevented from being
removed upward.
Further, the holding portion 20 has a pressing portion 200 as shown
in FIG. 13. Under the second engaging state, the pressing portion
200 presses downward the mounting tool 101 that is in the first
engaging state, and the engaging claw portion 13 in the housing
portion 11 is maintained so as to be in contact with the inner
peripheral upper surface 101Ha (see FIG. 9) of the engagement hole
portion 101H of the mounting tool 101.
The pressing portion 200 of this embodiment is provided in the
engagement portion 23. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the
pressing portion 200 of this embodiment is an elastic piece that
extends diagonally upward from the lower end of the engagement
portion 23 in a direction opposite to a direction in which the
engaging claw portion 23A projects, so as to be oriented in a
direction opposite to a direction in which the engaging claw
portion 13 of the elastic portion 12 is oriented, and that has an
end (upper end) portion which is elastically deformable so as to be
close to the engagement portion 23 by its base end side portion
connected to the lower end portion 23T (see FIG. 10) of the
engagement portion 23 serving as an originating point. The
engagement portion 23 enters the second engagement housing portion
24 (housing portion 27), and the engaging claw portion 23A is moved
over the engaging claw portion 29 to be brought into the second
engaging state, whereby the pressing portion 200 contacts, from the
upper side, with the upper end portion 101T (an upper end surface
101t) of the mounting tool 101 that is in the first engaging state.
When the second engaging state has been obtained, the pressing
portion 200 is brought into an elastically deformed state in which
the pressing portion 200 presses the mounting tool 101 downward
while the end portion of the pressing portion 200 is pressed upward
by the mounting tool 101.
At this time, the mounting tool 101 is pressed, by the pressing
portion 200, in both a lower direction P1 and an opposite direction
(P2) to the projecting direction of the engaging claw portion 13,
and the mounting tool 101 is accommodated in a corner portion 123
formed by the upper end portion 12T and the engaging claw portion
13 of the elastic portion 12. In this state, the mounting tool 101
contacts with both (two surfaces) of an inner wall surface 12c (an
end surface of a rib 12L that extends in the up-down direction: see
FIG. 15 and FIG. 16) of the upper end portion 12T of the elastic
portion 12, and an upper surface 13a of the engaging claw portion
13. Thus, the mounting tool 101 is stabilized without instability
in the mounting tool 101 in both the up-down direction and the
inward-outward direction orthogonal to the up-down direction.
The engagement portion 23 has such a bent shape that the engagement
portion 23 extends from the upper holding portion 21 toward the
fixing portion 10, and is bent downward at the end of the
extension, as shown in FIG. 13. The engagement portion 23 is
formed, by a rib 23L (see FIG. 10) that provides reinforcement for
enhancing rigidity of the bent shape, into a shape which is less
likely to be elastically deformed so as to change a bending angle
of the bent shape. Therefore, when the engagement portion 23 is
moved and housed into the housing portion 27, the elastic portion
26 is mainly deformed elastically, and elastic deformation of the
engagement portion 23 that is L-shaped hardly occurs.
Further, in this embodiment, a housing space of the housing portion
11 and a housing space of the housing portion 27 communicate with
each other, to form one common space 127. That is, the elastic
portion 12 that forms a part of the wall portion 11D of the housing
portion 11 is disposed on the first side in a direction orthogonal
to the entering direction 101X of the mounting tool 101, and the
elastic portion 26 forming a part of the wall portion 27D (see FIG.
15) of the housing portion 27 is disposed on the second side. The
space 127 is formed between both the elastic portions 12 and 26
opposing each other. A wall portion or the like that separates the
housing space of the housing portion 11 and the housing space of
the housing portion 27 from each other is not provided, whereby the
size of the holding component 1 for a vehicle can be reduced.
Further, the housing portion 11 and the second engagement housing
portion 24 (housing portion 27) are not separated by a wall portion
or the like, whereby the pressing portion 200 of the engagement
portion 23 can be moved into the housing portion 11 in a simplified
manner to press the mounting tool 101.
The housing portion 11 has an upward movement regulation portion 18
that regulates further upward movement of the mounting tool 101 in
the first engaging state. The upward movement regulation portion 18
of this embodiment is implemented as wall portions (above the
grooves) disposed in the guiding wall portions 11E above the
guiding grooves 11e so as to oppose the upper portion of the
mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state, as shown in FIG. 14
(the left side represents the upper side, and the right side
represents the lower side in FIG. 14). An upper end gap 19 is
formed between the mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state,
and the wall portion 18. When the mounting tool 101 is moved upward
so as to elastically deform the upper side portion of the elastic
portion 12, the mounting tool 101 needs to be moved upward over the
end of the engaging claw portion 13. The position of the end of the
engaging claw portion 13 of the elastic portion 12 in the deformed
state, is higher than the position of the engaging claw portion 13
of the elastic portion 12 in the elastically restored state.
Therefore, in order to allow the mounting tool 101 to be moved over
the end of the engaging claw portion 13 positioned at the higher
position, the mounting tool 101 needs to be moved to a position
that is higher than a position at which the mounting tool 101
contacts with the engaging claw portion 13 (upper surface 13a) of
the elastic portion 12 in the elastically restored state under the
first engaging state (see FIG. 8). The upper end gap 19 is formed
so as to allow this movement.
However, since the upper end gap 19 is provided, the mounting tool
101 in the first engaging state is movable upward, whereby
instability may occur. However, since the pressing portion 200 is
provided, even when the upper end gap 19 is provided, instability
may not occur.
Returning to FIG. 13, the space 127 is formed by the housing
portion 11 and the housing portion 27, and communicates with the
lower opening 11H therebelow. However, a gap 17 (see FIG. 16)
having almost the same width as the mounting tool 101 is formed
therebelow so as to allow the mounting tool 101 to enter on the
housing portion 11 side, and the lower opening 11H is open at a
position vertically below the gap 17 therebelow. That is, below the
housing portion 27, as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, the side wall
portions 27E, 27E are formed so as to project toward the housing
portion 11, and the gap 17 and the lower opening 11H are formed on
the housing portion 11 side relative to the space 127. Thus,
entering of the mounting tool 101 into the housing portion 27 is
regulated, and the mounting tool 101 can enter the housing portion
11 only.
Meanwhile, the space 127 communicates with the upper opening 24H on
the upper side thereof, and the engagement portion 23 of this
embodiment is configured to enter only the housing portion 27 along
a predetermined arc-shaped trajectory. Therefore, the upper opening
24H is not only formed on the housing portion 27 side, but also
formed so as to be open on the housing portion 11 side.
Furthermore, since the engagement portion 23 of this embodiment has
the pressing portion 200 that projects toward the housing portion
11, the upper opening 24H is formed so as to extend also on the
housing portion 11 side and include an opening region 17h (see FIG.
14) into which the pressing portion 200 can enter from the upper
side. However, since the wall portions 18 forming the upward
movement regulation portion 18 as described above need to be
provided on the housing portion 11 side as shown in FIG. 14, both
the opening region 17h and the wall portions 18 are formed above
the housing portion 11. In this embodiment, the wall portions 18
and 18 are formed on both sides of the opening region 17h so as to
position the opening region 17h therebetween in a width direction
101Z, of the holding component 1 for a vehicle, orthogonal to both
the entering direction 101X, and an aligning direction 120Y (see
FIG. 4), orthogonal to the entering direction 101X, in which the
fixing portion 10 and the holding portion 20 are aligned.
In this embodiment, the fixing portion 10 and the holding portion
20 are laterally aligned so as to be adjacent to each other.
Further, in the aligning direction 120Y, the housing portion 11 of
the fixing portion 10 and the housing portion 27 of the holding
portion 20 are adjacent to each other. The elastic portions 12 and
26 oppose each other in the aligning direction 120Y. The engaging
claw portions 13 and 29 of the elastic portions 12 and 26,
respectively, project so as to be close to each other. The engaging
claw portions 13 and 29 of the elastic portions 12 and 26,
respectively, are elastically deformed so as to be apart from each
other when the mounting tool 101 and the engagement portion 23 to
be engaged enter (see FIG. 8 and FIG. 12). Further, the holding
portion 20 in the second engaging state has the engagement portion
23 on the fixing portion 10 side, and has the hinge portion 25 on
the opposite side in the aligning direction 120Y (see FIG. 4), as
shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 13.
Although the first embodiment of the invention has been described
above, the embodiment is merely illustrative, the invention is not
limited to the embodiment, and various modifications such as
additions and omissions may be made based on the knowledge of a
person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the
claims.
Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment and
other embodiments will be described. It should be noted that
portions having the same functions as those in the above-described
embodiment are designated by the same reference characters and the
detailed description thereof is omitted. In addition, the
above-described embodiment and the following modifications and
other embodiments may be combined to be implemented as appropriate
as long as no technical contradiction arises.
In the first embodiment, the pressing portion 200 may be positioned
relative to the mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state such
that the end of the pressing portion 200 is positioned above the
upper end gap 19 described above in a state where the engagement
portion 23 is in the second engaging state, as shown in FIG. 17.
Thus, the pressing portion 200 can be assuredly pressed against the
mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state, in the lower
direction (P1) from the upper side.
FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 show a second embodiment of this invention.
In the second embodiment, the pressing portion 200 is formed so as
to extend diagonally downward toward the elastic portion 12 from a
position above the lower end of the engagement portion 23. The
pressing portion 200 is elastically deformed such that the end side
portion thereof is pressed back in the upper direction by the base
end side portion serving as an originating point, and the end of
the pressing portion 200 contacts with the upper end portion 101T
(upper end surface 101t) of the mounting tool 101 to press the
upper end portion 101T in the lower direction (P1).
FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 show a third embodiment of this invention.
In the third embodiment, the pressing portion 200 is formed so as
to have an intermediate portion 200B and an end portion 200A. The
intermediate portion 200B extends toward the elastic portion 12
from a position above the lower end of the engagement portion 23.
The end portion 200A extends in the lower direction (a direction
opposite to the entering direction 101X) from the end of the
intermediate portion 200B that extends. A surface 200a of the end
portion 200A in the pressing portion 200 on the elastic portion 12
side is formed, in a state where the pressing portion 200 is not
elastically deformed as shown in FIG. 20, as such a tilted surface
that, toward the end (lower end) of the surface 200a, the surface
200a is positioned so as to be closer to the projecting end side of
the engaging claw portion 13, and, toward the upper side of the
surface 200a, the surface 200a is positioned so as to be closer to
the base end side of the engaging claw portion 13. In the pressing
portion 200, the tilted surface 200a is brought into contact with
an upper end corner portion 101s, closer to the projecting end side
of the engaging claw portion 13, of the upper end portion 101T of
the mounting tool 101, to press the mounting tool 101 in the lower
direction (P1) and onto the base end side (P2) of the engaging claw
portion 13. At this time, the pressing portion 200 is elastically
deformed such that the end portion 200A is pressed back so as to be
closer to the projecting end side of the engaging claw portion 13,
as shown in FIG. 21.
FIG. 22 and FIG. 23 show a fourth embodiment of this invention.
In the fourth embodiment, the pressing portion 200 is formed, as a
wedge portion that projects toward the elastic portion 12, on the
lower side (in this embodiment, the lower end) of the engagement
portion 23. In this embodiment, a plurality (two in this example)
of wedge portions 200 are aligned in the width direction 101Z. The
wedge portions 200 are brought into contact with and pressed onto
the upper end corner portion 101s, closer to the projecting end
side of the engaging claw portion 13, in the upper end portion 101T
of the mounting tool 101, whereby the mounting tool 101 is pressed
in the lower direction (P1) and onto the base end side (P2) of the
engaging claw portion 13.
FIG. 24 and FIG. 25 show a fifth embodiment of this invention.
In the fifth embodiment, the pressing portion 200 is formed so as
to include: abase end side intermediate portion 200C that extends
from the lower end of the engagement portion 23 toward the elastic
portion 12; an end side intermediate portion 200D that is bent
upward at the end of the base end side intermediate portion 200C;
and an end portion 200E that extends toward the elastic portion 12
further from the end of the end side intermediate portion 200D. The
pressing portion 200 is elastically deformable by the base end side
intermediate portion 200C serving as an originating point such that
the end side portions (200D, 200E) are made closer to the
engagement portion 23. Due to this elastic deformation, in the
pressing portion 200, the end side intermediate portion 200D is
brought into contact with the mounting tool 101 from the projecting
side of the engaging claw portion 13 at the upper end portion 101T
of the mounting tool 101 to press the mounting tool 101 onto the
base end side (P2) of the engaging claw portion 13. Meanwhile, the
end portion 200E of the pressing portion 200 contacts with the
upper end portion 101T (upper end surface 101t) of the mounting
tool 101, to press the mounting tool 101 in the lower direction
(P1).
In each of the embodiments, since the upper surface 13a of the
engaging claw portion 13 is formed as the tilted surface as
described above, when the mounting tool 101 is pressed downward by
the pressing portion 200, the upper end portion 101T of the
mounting tool 101 slides downward on the upper surface 13a, and is
pressed against the corner portion 123 (see FIG. 13).
FIG. 26 to FIG. 35 show a sixth embodiment of this invention.
In the sixth embodiment, in the holding portion 20, the upper
holding portion 21 and the lower holding portion 22 are not coupled
to each other via the hinge portion 25, and, as shown in FIG. 27,
the upper holding portion 210 and the lower holding portion 220 are
separated from each other, unlike in the above embodiments. That
is, in the sixth embodiment, the corrugated tube 5 is accommodated
into the lower holding portion 220 from thereabove, and the upper
holding portion 210 is engaged and combined with the lower holding
portion 220 so as to cover the lower holding portion 220 in the
accommodated state. In order to combine the upper holding portion
210 and the lower holding portion 220 with each other, the upper
holding portion 210 has the engagement portions 230 formed so as to
extend downward from three or more positions (four positions in
this embodiment) on the outer periphery of the upper holding
portion 210. Meanwhile, the lower holding portion 220 has
engagement receiving portions 290 corresponding to the engagement
portions 230, on the outer side of the outer periphery thereof.
Further, in the sixth embodiment, the fixing portion 10 is formed
as the first engagement housing portion 10 that provides the first
engaging state in which the engaging claw portion 13 of the elastic
portion 12 prevents removal of the mounting tool 101 that has
entered from the lower side to be housed in the housing portion 11,
as in the above embodiments. That is, as shown in FIG. 30, the
elastic portion 12 prevents upward movement of the mounting tool
101 having been moved upward from the lower side to enter the
housing portion 11, by the engaging claw portion 13 being brought
into contact with the mounting tool 101. However, by the engaging
claw portion 13 being further pressed by the mounting tool 101, the
elastic portion 12 is elastically deformed by the lower-side
portion (connection portion 12D) serving as an originating point,
to allow the mounting tool 101 to be moved further upward, as shown
in FIG. 31. The mounting tool 101 having been moved further upward,
allows the elastic portion 12 to be elastically restored by the
engaging claw portion 13 entering the engagement hole portion 101H,
as shown in FIG. 32. Thus, the first engaging state is obtained in
which, when the mounting tool 101 is moved in a direction opposite
to the entering direction 101X, the engaging claw portion 13 having
entered the engagement hole portion 101H contacts with (stops in an
engaging manner on) the inner peripheral upper surface 101Ha of the
engagement hole portion 101H, to prevent the movement.
Further, in the sixth embodiment, the holding portion 20 includes
the upper holding portion 210, the lower holding portion 220, the
engagement portions 230, the engagement receiving portions 290, and
the pressing portion 200, as in the above embodiments. The
engagement portions 230 are provided in the upper holding portion
210. The engagement receiving portions 290 are provided in the
lower holding portion 220, and engage with the engagement portions
230 to provide the second engaging state in which the upper holding
portion 210 and the lower holding portion 220 are combined with
each other. The pressing portion 200 presses downward the mounting
tool 101 in the first engaging state under the second engaging
state, whereby the engaging claw portion 13 of the elastic portion
12 in the fixing portion 10 is held so as to be in contact with the
inner peripheral upper surface 101Ha of the engagement hole portion
101H of the mounting tool 101.
The holding portion 20 of the sixth embodiment is different from
the holding portion of the above embodiments in that the second
engagement housing portion 24 as provided in the above embodiments
is not provided in the sixth embodiment. That is, the holding
portion 20 of the sixth embodiment has the engagement receiving
portions 290 as engagement projecting portions that project outward
from an outer surface of the lower holding portion 220 and are
exposed to the outside, as shown in FIG. 27. The holding portion 20
of the sixth embodiment is not structured so as to house the
engagement portion 230 in an internal space. Specifically, the
lower holding portion 220 of the sixth embodiment has a positioning
portion 225 in which the corrugated tube 5 entering from thereabove
is accommodated, and the engagement receiving portions 290 project
outward from upper end sides of the outer surfaces of the side
surface wall portions 226, 226 that are disposed on both ends in
the longitudinal direction of the positioning portion 225 (main
positioning portion 225A described below) so as to hold, between
the inner sides thereof, the corrugated tube 5 to be accommodated.
Meanwhile, the upper holding portion 210 of the sixth embodiment
includes: an upper surface portion 215 that covers the upper
portion of the positioning portion 225; and the engagement portions
230 that are provided at positions corresponding to the engagement
receiving portions 290, respectively, of the lower holding portion
220, extend outward from the outer periphery of the upper surface
portion 215, and extend downward at the end of the outward
extension.
Each engagement portion 230 of the sixth embodiment is an elastic
portion that has a downward extending end side portion which can be
elastically deformed outward by the base end side portion extending
outward from the outer periphery serving as an originating point,
and that has, at the center portion, an engagement hole portion
230H that penetrates between the inside and outside thereof. The
upper holding portion 210 is combined with the lower holding
portion 220 such that the plurality of engagement portions 230 are
pressed toward the corresponding engagement receiving portions 290,
respectively, as shown in FIG. 33. At this time, each engagement
portion 230 contacts, with the corresponding engagement receiving
portion 290 that projects outward, from above the engagement
receiving portion 29, and is prevented from entering. However, the
engagement portion 230 is further pressed, whereby the engagement
portion 230 is elastically deformed by the base end side portion
serving as an originating point, as shown in FIG. 34, and the upper
holding portion 210 is moved much closer to the lower holding
portion 220. In the upper holding portion 210 having been moved
much closer thereto, as shown in FIG. 35, the engagement portion
230 is elastically restored by the projecting engagement receiving
portion 290 entering the engagement hole portion 230H from the
inner side. Thus, the engagement receiving portions 290 having
entered the engagement hole portions 230H are brought into the
second engaging state in which, when the upper holding portion 210
is moved in a direction opposite to a combining direction 210X, the
upper holding portion 210 contacts with (stops in an engaging
manner on) lower surfaces 290b of the projecting engagement
receiving portions 290, to prevent the movement.
The pressing portion 200 of the sixth embodiment is provided in the
upper holding portion 210 at a position other than positions in the
engagement portion 230, unlike in the above embodiments.
Furthermore, the sixth embodiment is different from the other
embodiments in that, in the sixth embodiment, the housing portion
11 for housing the mounting tool 101 and the housing portion 27 for
housing the engagement portion 23 of the upper holding portion 210
do not form a common space by the housing portion 11 and the
housing portion 27 being laterally aligned to communicate with each
other. In the sixth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 29, the pressing
portion 200 that is formed, in the upper holding portion 210,
separately from the engagement portion 23 is moved through an upper
opening 11I and housed in the housing portion 11 for housing the
mounting tool 101. The upper opening 11I corresponds to a portion
denoted by the reference numeral 17h (see FIG. 14) in the
embodiments described above.
Specifically, the pressing portion 200 of the sixth embodiment
includes a projection base end portion 202 and a projection end
portion 201, as shown in FIG. 27 and FIG. 29. The projection base
end portion 202 projects, in one extending direction in which an
upper surface 210a extends, from the upper surface portion 215
forming the upper surface 210a of the upper holding portion 210.
The projection end portion 201 extends downward from the end of the
projection base end portion 202. The pressing portion 200 presses
downward the mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state by the
projection end portion 201 when the second engaging state is
obtained. The pressing portion 200 has cut portions 215V, 215V
obtained by the upper surface portion 215 being cut in a direction
opposite to the projecting direction 210x. The cut portions 215V,
215V are formed, in the upper surface portion 215, on both end
sides, in the width direction orthogonal to the projecting
direction 210x, of the projection base end portion 202.
When the mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state is pressed
downward under the second engaging state, the cut portions 215V,
215V allow the pressing portion 200 of the sixth embodiment to be
elastically deformed upward by the base end side portion serving as
an originating point, to urge the mounting tool 101 downward and
maintain the mounting tool 101 in the urged state. That is, the
pressing portion 200 continues to press downward the mounting tool
101 in the first engaging state when the second engaging state is
obtained. Thus, the engaging claw portion 13 of the fixing portion
10 is maintained so as to contact with (stop in an engaging manner
on) the inner peripheral upper surface 101Ha of the engagement hole
portion 101H of the mounting tool 101, to prevent instability. On
the contrary, pressing the mounting tool 101 downward by the
pressing portion 200 causes the engagement portions 230 to be
pressed upward, and contributes to maintaining of the second
engaging state in which the engagement portions 230 and the
engagement receiving portions 290 contact with (stop in an engaging
manner on) each other, thereby maintaining a stable engaged state
without instability.
Specifically, the pressing portion 200 of the sixth embodiment has
an extending plate-like shape, and has a projecting end that is
bent downward. When the second engaging state is obtained, as shown
in FIG. 29, an end surface 201a of the pressing portion 200 is
brought into contact with the upper end portion 101T (upper end
surface 101t) of the mounting tool 101 in the first engaging state,
from thereabove. At this time, the mounting tool 101 is pressed, by
the pressing portion 200, in both the lower direction P1 and the
direction 210x (P2) opposite to the projecting direction of the
engaging claw portion 13, and is accommodated in the corner portion
123 formed by the upper end portion 12T and the engaging claw
portion 13 of the elastic portion 12. In this state, stability is
obtained without generating instability in both the up-down
direction, and the inward-outward direction orthogonal to the
up-down direction. Force in P2 acts because the upper surface of
the engaging claw portion 13 that contacts with the inner
peripheral upper surface 101Ha of the engagement hole portion 101H
of the mounting tool 101, is formed as a tilted surface that is
tilted downward from the end thereof toward the corner portion 123
(in the P2 direction).
The pressing portion 200 of the sixth embodiment is formed in a
mid-position between the engagement portions 230 and 230 that are
adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the
positioning portion 225 (the main positioning portion 225A
described below) in the lower holding portion 220. Thus, the
pressing portion 200 is elastically deformed so as to be supported
by both the engagement portions 230 and 230 adjacent to each other
in a well-balanced manner.
The positioning portion 225 of the sixth embodiment has such a
U-shaped cross-section that the lower-side portion and both side
surfaces of the corrugated tube 5 to be accommodated are covered,
and the upper portion of the corrugated tube 5 is open, as shown in
FIG. 27. In this embodiment, the positioning portion 225 has the
main positioning portion 225A and a branched positioning portion
225B, to be formed into a T-shape. The main positioning portion
225A linearly connects two branched openings to each other. The
branched positioning portion 225B is branched in the orthogonal
direction at a mid-position, in the longitudinal direction, of the
main positioning portion 225A. Thus, the predetermined member 5 can
be linearly disposed, and can be also disposed so as to be branched
at the mid-position. Specifically, in the positioning portion 225
of this embodiment, the corrugated tube 5 that has the same
branched shape (in this embodiment, the shape that is branched so
as to form T-shape) as the positioning portion 225 is disposed, or
the corrugated tubes 5 having a linear shape are disposed at
necessary portions on the branched opening sides.
In the positioning portion 225 of the sixth embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 27, a semi-circular projection 216 is formed so as to fit into
a recessed groove formed in the outer surface of the corrugated
tube 5. The corrugated tube 5 is disposed in the positioning
portion 225 so as to fit its recess to the projection 216, thereby
regulating movement of the corrugated tube 5 in its projecting
direction (axial direction). Further, the projection 216 is formed
also in the upper surface portion 215 of the upper holding portion
210 so as to fit into the recess of the corrugated tube 5. However,
in the upper holding portion 210, the projection 216 is formed
merely in a main upper surface portion 215A, and, on the branched
side, the projection 216 is formed in an auxiliary holding portion
240.
The auxiliary holding portion 240 for preventing the disposed
corrugated tube 5 from being removed upward is combined with the
branched positioning portion 225B, as shown in FIG. 27. Further,
the upper side of the auxiliary holding portion 240 is covered by a
branched-side upper surface portion 215B provided in the upper
surface portion 215 of the upper holding portion 210. The
branched-side upper surface portion 215B of this embodiment is
formed as a plate-like portion that projects in the branch
direction from the main upper surface portion 215A that covers the
upper side of the main positioning portion 225A.
DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE CHARACTERS
1 holding component for vehicle
5 predetermined member
10 fixing portion (first engagement housing portion) 11 housing
portion 11H lower opening 12 elastic portion 13 engaging claw
portion 20 holding portion 21 upper holding portion 22 lower
holding portion 23 engagement portion 24 second engagement housing
portion 24H upper opening 25 hinge portion 26 elastic portion 27
housing portion 200 pressing portion
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